Socket member.



No. 7l7,246. Patented Dec. 30, I902.

W. B. MURPHY.

SOCKET MEMBER.

(Application files! Sept. 2, 1902.)

(No Model.)

WIT ESSE5= UNITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM B. MURPHY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO UNITED STATESFASTENER COMPANY, OF PORTLAND, MAINE, AND BOSTON, MASSACHU- SETTS, ACORPORATION OF MAINE.

SOCKET MEMBER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 717,246, dated December30, 1902.

Application filed September 2, 1902. Serial No. 121,914. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM B. MURPHY, of New York, in the county andState of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in SocketMembers, of which the following is a specification.

My invent-ion relates to that class of socket members which areespecially designed for use with a solid or unyielding ball member,

I0 and for that purpose it is provided with a yielding mouth orsocket-entrance, socalled, although it may be used with a resilient ballmember,'if thought best.

It consists of a socket member provided with spring-sections arranged inthe socketpiece to form a tubular portion and which in the setting ofthe socket-piece in the material to form the socket member are bulgedoutwardly intermediate of the ends of the tubu- 2o lar portion to assistin holding the socket member in the material, thus also engaging theball-chamber, the size of the entrance to which is predetermined in theconstruction of the socket-piece, being substantially the size of theouter end of the said tubular section. With the socket member so set ispreferably used a recessed washer, which by reason of its shape isenabled to reach through or partly through the opening in the mate orial in which the socket is set without interfering with the yielding ofthe spring-sections, the inner edge of the hole in the washer engagingthe socket-piece at or near its neck at the base of the spring-sectionsand the 5 flange of the washer cooperating with a suitable flange oropposing surface of the socketpiece to clamp the material and hold thesocket-piece in place.

My invention will be understood by referonce to the drawings, in whichthree forms of my invention are shown.

Figure l is a section of a socket-piece embodying my invention. Fig. 2is a recessed washer. Fig. 3 shows the members assem- 5 bled prior tosetting. Fig. ashows the socket member set and engaging the ball member.Fig. 5 is a modification of my socket-piece. Fig. 6 is anothermodification, the modified uncapped socket-piece in this view being setto form a socket member, and Fig. 7 shows the socket-piece set as asocket member without a washer.

In Figs. 1, 3, and 4c the socket-piece is made in two parts. A is a cap,the peripheral edge of which is turned over about the flange B of theother part, which flange is integral with the tubular portion D. Thistubular portion is comprised mainly of the spring-section (1, formed byslits d in the turned portion extending from the outer edge of the tu-5o bular portion to or toward the base thereof. The mouth of the tubularportion is formed in the making of the socket-piece and is substantiallymaintained during the setting of the socket-piece.

E is a Washer which-comprises a flange e and an upwardly-projectingsection 6, which provides a recess 6 for the purpose below described.The opening in this section 6 is somewhat smaller than at the flangedend and is preferably slightly turned inward, as shown, and forms a tubeof sufficient diameter to slide over the tubular portion of thesocket-piece when the parts are assembled prior to being set.

In Fig. 4 the members are shown set. In the setting of the socket-pieceand washer pressure is applied to the cap A of the socketpiece and theextremity of the tubular sec.- tion D of the socket-piece, whereby thetwo are brought together, the mouth of the tubular portion D retainingits predetermined shape and the spring-sections 01 being bowedoutwardly,as shown in Fig. 4,so as not only to engage with the washer,but also to leave ample room to contain the ball F. The socketpiece andthe washer are held together in this case by the bulging or enlargementof the spring-section within the recess 2 in the washer, and thematerial G is clamped within the flange of the washer ,and the flange ofthe socket-piece. p

The form of socket-piece shown in Fig. 5 is identical to that shown inFig. 1; but in this case the cap portion A and the flange B 5 areintegral.

In Fig. 6 the socket-piece is shown without any cap portion A, theflange portion B being preferably slightly enlarged and forming a flangeof sufficient size to answer all pur- 10o poses of a flange and theabsence of the cap A exposing the opening which extends through thetubular portion D of the socket-piece.

It will be noted that in the socket member the bulging outwardly of thetubular portion D of the socket-piece in the act of setting forms aneckwhere the tubular portion D joins the flange B, a portion of whichneck cooperates with the end of the portion e of the washer in thesetting of the device. While I prefer that the slits d shall extend tothe junction of the flange B and tubular portion D of the socket-pieceeven farther when the flange portion and cap are made in one piece, asin Fig. 5, this is not necessary to the operation of the device whenset, so long as they extend sufficiently far toward the base of thetubular portion to enable the spring-sections to be bulged outwardly, asdescribed, and at the same time to have yield enough to form anefficient ball-holding structure.

With some sorts of material the washer may be omitted, as shown in Fig.7, the engagement of the spring-sections in setting being sufficient tohold the unset member in place.

In the present state of the art relating to the working of brass it isunnecessary to give any specific directions as to the shape of the blankfrom which my socket-piece may be made. It will be noted in thisconnection that, in fact, the tubular portion of the socketpiece shownin Figs. 1 and 3 may be drawn like aneyelet and that as shown in Fig. 5the one-piece socket-piece may be drawn from a piece of brassapproximately cruciform or star-shaped.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. A socket-piece having a flangeportion and spring-sections,said springsections forming a slittedtubular structure projecting from said flange, the extremities of thesaid springsections forming a preformed socket-entrance saidspring-sections being bulged outwardly and approaching at theirextremities to form a spring-mouth, said flange being located at theopposite end of said socket member from said mouth and said washer beinglocated about said neck, held in place by said springsections andadapted to clamp the material against said flange portion.

3. A socket member comprising a flange portion, a neck,spring-sectionsand a recessed washer having a hole, the free extremities of saidspring-sections approaching to form a spring-mouth and the intermediateportions of said spring-sections being bulged and lying within therecess in the washer, the hole in said washer being sufficient to allowit to encircle said neck and the recess in said washer being sufficientto allow said washer to clamp the materal against said flange portionwithout substantial interference with the action ofsaid-spring-sections.

4. A socket member comprising a flange portion, a neck andspring-sections, said spring-sections being bulged outwardly andapproaching at their extremities to form a spring mouth and clamping thematerial against said flange portion, said flange portion being at oneend of said spring-sections and said spring-mouth being at the other endthereof.

WILLIAM B. MURPHY.

